Thaw v. Ritchie
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was an appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action of ejectment brought to recover an undivided moiety of two lots of ground in Washington City, which the plaintiff claimed in fee simple under the following will of his father Joseph Thaw: Will.
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STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This was an appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action of ejectment brought to recover an undivided moiety of two lots of ground in Washington City, which the plaintiff claimed in fee simple under the following will of his father Joseph Thaw: Will. “ I, Joseph Thaw, of the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, do, this twenty-sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, make and publish this my last will and testament, which is as follows, namely: “Imprimis. I hereby appoint and constitute my beloved wife, Eliza…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Ha&ner
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of ejectment to recover an undivided moiety of two lots in square 160 in Washington city. The plaintiff claimed under the will of his father, Joseph Thaw, admitted to probate in 1840, which devised all his estate, including these lots, to his wife Eliza V. Thaw, for life, in trust, to apply the income of the property to the maintenance of herself and their two youngest children, Columbia Thaw, and Columbus Thaw, the plaintiff. In the event of the death of the children, their interests were to devolve upon the widow, and…
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